official hats.
Krugerville’s new mayor spoke at Aubrey’s Point-Bank Business Breakfast on March 5 to share how he manages those responsibilities alongside his role as the city of Aubrey’s senior events coordinator.
“I work for one city, and I lead the other,” Cagle said. “I like to believe strongly in regional cooperation and a full calendar. And today I have my right hand and my left hand here.”
He was joined by friends and colleagues who came to support him, including Krugerville Mayor Pro Tem Kristen Kromer and Aubrey’s Events and Programs Coordinator Dusty Fife, both of whom he thanked.
Cagle discussed recent developments in Krugerville including widening the intersection and installing a drainage system for faster stormwater evacuation on Surveyors and New Hope roads in February.
The city’s new community center, by the police station, will soon host a ribboncutting ceremony and grand opening.
Cagle also shared that the Woodland Park food truck court is now open and accepting new applicants.
“North Texas isn’t just growing,” Cagle said. “It’s expanding faster than a Buc-ee’s parking lot in the holiday season. With that growth, there’s opportunity—... opportunity for small businesses to expand, entrepreneurs to launch, partnerships to form. And for us to decide where we want growth to be before it decides for us. Because growth without direction becomes traffic, and I think we all can agree we have enough traffic.”
Cagle thanked Aubrey’s leaders for growing the town and for their work and partnerships with developers.
“Serving as the mayor of Krugerville, it has given me a deeper appreciation for the importance of business relationships,” Cagle said.
Business is crucial to community, Cagle added.
“City government can create the framework, infrastructure, policy, public safety, but businesses create the energy,” he said. “Government builds the roads. Businesses build the destination. That’s you.”
He emphasized the importance of collaboration over competition at the local level.
“Aubrey and Krugerville are separate municipalities, but our residents shop in the same stores,” he said. “They attend the same events. They bank at the same institutions and probably complain about the same red lights.”
Looking ahead, Cagle offered sneak peeks of upcoming events in Aubrey and Krugerville that residents can look forward to.
On March 28, downtown Aubrey at Veterans Memorial Park will host an Easter egg hunt, with more eggs expected than last year.
The Summer Music Series is returning with three big performances spread throughout the summer, featuring a mix of folk, country and classic rock.
Main Street Motor Fest in Aubrey will return for its second year, now as Aubrey’s third-most popular event, with plans to double its size, Cagle said.
On Oct. 3, Aubrey will celebrate its annual Peanut Festival, “40 years of going nuts,” as Cagle joked.
The festival is a special tradition for many residents, including Cagle, as he recalled riding a horse in the first parade.
Krugerville Park Fest, in partnership with the Krugerville Farmers Market, will host its annual car show with over 50 vendors, live music and its first professional fireworks show on June 27 at Woodland Park.
“We are celebrating the 250th year of America, so it’s no better time to pull that trigger,” Cagle said.
He closed by thanking PointBank for hosting the event and bringing people together through gatherings like the Business Breakfast.
“If we keep working together, supporting local, investing local and leading local, then the only thing growing faster in North Texas will be the opportunities we create for each and every one of us,” Cagle said.
